Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh), Dec 21 (PTI) Four persons, including three women, were killed and nearly 30 others injured when a mini goods vehicle they were travelling in overturned in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar district on Saturday, police said.
The accident took place in the afternoon near Chandameta village when the victims were returning to Koleng village from a weekly market, a police official said.
As per preliminary information, the driver of the mini goods carrier, with around three dozen people on board, lost control over the wheel following which it skidded off the road and overturned, he said.
Four persons, among them three women, died on the spot and about 30 others sustained injuries, he said. Some of the injured persons have been admitted to the primary health centre in Koleng, while others are receiving treatment at a hospital in Darbha, he said.
Further investigation into the accident is underway, he added.
Three dead, another injured as motorcycle collides with tree in UP's Bahraich
Three men were killed and another injured after their motorcycle lost control and rammed into a tree on the roadside in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district, police said on Saturday.
The accident occurred near Maan Nagar intersection late Friday when Saroj Verma (21), Deepak Yadav (20), Vaidik Kumar alias Bunty Chauhan (19) and Mahesh Chauhan (22) were going to attend a function, they said.
The four men were were taken to Ikauna Community Health Centre in Shravasti district, where doctors declared two of them dead, the according to police.
They said the other two injured were referred to Bahraich Medical College where another died during treatment.
Police sources said that the lone survivor of the accident, Mahesh Chauhan, has been referred to Lucknow for treatment as his condition deteriorated.
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